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Among the sports events we covered this month, we also found time to visualize the AC75 boat concept for Emirates Team New Zealand and Luna Rossa. The AC75 class, to be sailed in the 36th America’s Cup, is a bold and modern vision for high performance fully foiling monohull racing yachts. Leg2 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2017-18, from Lisbon to Cape Town, also took place in November, with Virtual Eye again delivering 3D broadcast graphics, 3D race tracking in the browser and also via Mobile App.

The Virtual Eye Cricket team set up shop at The Gabba in Brisbane to supply our ball-tracking and graphics package to Channel Nine for the first Test in the Australia vs England Ashes series - and our serial globetrotters, the Virtual Eye Golf team, covered the Turkish Airlines Open in Antalya, the Nedbank Golf Challenge in Sun City and the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai.

Above:“Once foiling, the AC75 has the potential to be faster than an AC50 both upwind and downwind.” Grant Dalton

Competitors in the Volvo Ocean Race 2017-18 are being tracked by Virtual Eye from the start in Alicante (October 22nd), through to the finish line in the Hague in June 2018. At 45,000 nautical miles, this is the longest course in the history of the race. As well as our well-known realtime 3D broadcast graphics, we are again also delivering tracking for the browser and via Mobile App for the duration of the Volvo Ocean Race 2017-18.

The Virtual Eye Golf team also globe-trotted throughout October, supplying our tracking and graphics at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship in Scotland, followed by the Italian Open at Olgiata GC, the Andalucia Valderrama Masters in Spain and the WGC-HSBC Champions at Sheshan International GC in Shanghai, China.

Above: With three times more Southern Ocean racing than in previous editions, and stops in 12 iconic cities around the globe, the 2017-18 route looks set to be one of the most memorable yet.